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these are connecticut values. the next year will continue to be a changing time for our state and our nation. but i have never been more optimistic about our future. toav our sheer value and comemet to one another we will rise above this crisis and build a better tomorrow. ... of the first day connecticut's comeback story. god bless you all. and may god continue to bless the great state of connecti she is speaking at an event hosted by the national press club. this is live coverage on c-span2. >> we are waiting for the start of a discussion on the coronavirus pandemic with american medical association president susan bailey paid this is live coverage on c-span2. [silence] [silence] >> we are waiting for the start of a discussion on the coronavirus pandemic with american medical association president susan bailey. this is live coverage on c-span2. [silence] >> we are waiting for the start of a discussion on the coronavirus pandemic with american medical association president susan bailey. this is live coverage on c
these are connecticut values. the next year will continue to be a changing time for our state and our nation. but i have never been more optimistic about our future. toav our sheer value and comemet to one another we will rise above this crisis and build a better tomorrow. ... of the first day connecticut's comeback story. god bless you all. and may god continue to bless the great state of connecti she is speaking at an event hosted by the national press club. this is live coverage on c-span2....
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connecticut is simply no different. with one of the wealthiest states coming up with one of the highest poverty rates. do you view the income gap is a problem facing our state? if so, do you have a plan to close the poverty gap and revive the middle class in connecticut? mcmahon, well, that's exactly what my plan is designed to do. if people back to work. and by cutting taxes for the middle class, from the 25% to 15% bracket and then lowering taxes on jobs, job creators so we give them certainty and able invest and grow, reducing business from 35% to 25% said they are globally competitive, to getting rid of the over burdensome regulation. i talked about a lot of these points previously. regulations really hurt businesses. we need regulation, but not the over burdensome portions of this regulations. my plan is designed and care to jumpstart the economy by putting our people back to work. taxes on job creators need to be reduced. small businesses need certainty they can hire. they don't know what's going to happen at the
connecticut is simply no different. with one of the wealthiest states coming up with one of the highest poverty rates. do you view the income gap is a problem facing our state? if so, do you have a plan to close the poverty gap and revive the middle class in connecticut? mcmahon, well, that's exactly what my plan is designed to do. if people back to work. and by cutting taxes for the middle class, from the 25% to 15% bracket and then lowering taxes on jobs, job creators so we give them...
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what's the status in connecticut? >> well, we were one of the early states to expand medicaid, even before obama care and we were very proud to do that. quite frankly that made us better prepared for obama care when it came about. that's why connecticut led the nation with respect to reducing the uninsured in our state and we're very proud of that accomplishment. we're also proud of the fact that we have bent the curve on medicaid expenditures. we're now spending less per person than we did previously. now albeit we have more people insured under medicaid or obama care, but the reality is is that we've learned the important lessons that pre-care or understanding what one's difficulties are earlier in an illness actually pays in the long run. >> another issue that is being debated and talked about right now in washington is trade. there's a new trade agreement among the north american nations. what's your initial take? >> well, i think it's -- you know, i was just reviewing it before i came to speak to you. you know, i
what's the status in connecticut? >> well, we were one of the early states to expand medicaid, even before obama care and we were very proud to do that. quite frankly that made us better prepared for obama care when it came about. that's why connecticut led the nation with respect to reducing the uninsured in our state and we're very proud of that accomplishment. we're also proud of the fact that we have bent the curve on medicaid expenditures. we're now spending less per person than we...
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>> the senator from connecticut. >> thank you mr. president reserving the right to object the senator has two unanimous consent request i will object to both andhe i will make my comments when the senator makes his second unanimous consent request. so for now on the first objection or the first request, so as to save time i will wave my comments until the second simply object to this one. i object. >> the objection is heard. >> mr. president. >> history is repeated we still have ane explanation as to why police officers on campus is not a a good thing. maybe we will get it. we are told me will get a speech. we will see what that is. that's what happened last time. the democrats don't like that. let me give you a simpler bill. a simpler bill with would spend used covid education funds there's over $100 billion in funds appropriated to the schools the restrictions from democrats the money cannot be used for school safety. it cannot be used to make our kids safer. in september introduced this bill as well as a one page bill it is very s
>> the senator from connecticut. >> thank you mr. president reserving the right to object the senator has two unanimous consent request i will object to both andhe i will make my comments when the senator makes his second unanimous consent request. so for now on the first objection or the first request, so as to save time i will wave my comments until the second simply object to this one. i object. >> the objection is heard. >> mr. president. >> history is repeated...
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been good or bad for connecticut? we work to keep them in place or appeal and? >> it's helped myself, it's helped a lot of small businesses here. 35000 jobs from overseas, 3500 of them supported connecticut. it's helping small businesses grow. we need it. connecticut is looking in from the outside. he was to put up a blue wall here. he's district connected with the state of connecticut. hearings 49 and economic growth. we need to move forward. country is moving forward. businesses are thriving because of that. they are reinvesting in the country. the age of 56, a friend of mine, turned a shopt into an eight mn machine shop. the biggest thing i'm hearing, you can't find enough qualified, 135 manufacturing jobs here. we need to sell the jobs. >> this trump tax bill was an assault on connecticut. i thought it with everything i had. it represents the biggest tax increase on taxpayers in history of our state. it is over 1 billion-dollar increase on connecticut. because you cannot any longer deduct from your federal income
been good or bad for connecticut? we work to keep them in place or appeal and? >> it's helped myself, it's helped a lot of small businesses here. 35000 jobs from overseas, 3500 of them supported connecticut. it's helping small businesses grow. we need it. connecticut is looking in from the outside. he was to put up a blue wall here. he's district connected with the state of connecticut. hearings 49 and economic growth. we need to move forward. country is moving forward. businesses are...
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connecticut people for connecticut jobs. making sure this state has the folks with the i.t. skills they need to continue to attract good thing businesses to the state. so the disrespect him one of the leaders of infosys is here now. so to what could be the next come the state is not a way to open up the welcome mat to new companies. stefanowski: i got calls from three to five people come people that are turning people who are coming from overseas, training them for three to four weeks and then to get an exit package. they leave and the person from overseas takes the job. unfortunately it is a fact. >> moderator: to follow that would you extant tax credits to keep them here? charlie baker put a big intent on the table for ge. would you do the same thing to keep companies are? lamont: we don't lead need witt and that's a problem. we are leading with incentives completing with the giveaways. that's the way to keep and attracted businesses. when we're competing with rhode island for emphasis, do you know what rhode island said? we will match any incentive to connecticut puts on
connecticut people for connecticut jobs. making sure this state has the folks with the i.t. skills they need to continue to attract good thing businesses to the state. so the disrespect him one of the leaders of infosys is here now. so to what could be the next come the state is not a way to open up the welcome mat to new companies. stefanowski: i got calls from three to five people come people that are turning people who are coming from overseas, training them for three to four weeks and then...
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today is the first day of connecticut comeback story. god bless you all and may god continue to bless the great state of b connecticut. >> next north dakota governor
today is the first day of connecticut comeback story. god bless you all and may god continue to bless the great state of b connecticut. >> next north dakota governor
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the connecticut says if a wants to sell to the connecticut market these are the and conditions that they must. think about the state of california and the gas mileage requirements they place on their car sales. you know, they're not telling that they must sell into california. they're saying to ford. if you want to participate in california marketplace that these are the terms and conditions that you must meet and this is the same thing that connecticut is doing with our e-book bill now you know, all those states do not have the ability to regulate copyright. they absolutely have the ability to regulate contracts. and that's what an e-book license is. it is a contract libraries do not own their content. they rent it. and that was done on purpose. publishers who, you know, quite frankly have never loved the first sale doctrine and the ability it grants to libraries to lend out materials that they own. and so when digital books came on the market, they saw this opportunity to change the rules of the game and of letting libraries own digital contents. libraries now can't attract their digit
the connecticut says if a wants to sell to the connecticut market these are the and conditions that they must. think about the state of california and the gas mileage requirements they place on their car sales. you know, they're not telling that they must sell into california. they're saying to ford. if you want to participate in california marketplace that these are the terms and conditions that you must meet and this is the same thing that connecticut is doing with our e-book bill now you...
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we're making progress in connecticut. tom might try to deny that time after time after time, but if you look at the cranes up in stanford, you'll understand things are being built. if you see the cranes in new haven, you'll understand that a company that left years ago is coming back and bioscience is growing rapidly not only in new haven, but in farmington. if you visit new london, you'll understand we're making massive new investments in that community as well alongside of the taxpayers. if you're from tourington, you're going to understand we're investing in your community. if you're in hartford, you're celebrating 1500 units of housing. and if you work for united technologies or any one of their 75,000 folks who supply them, you'll understand that striking that deal saved jobs in our state. >> moderator: mr. foley. foley: in four and a half weeks you're going to make a very important decision. do you agree with governor malloy that everything's okay in connecticut, things are going well, that we're making progress? or
we're making progress in connecticut. tom might try to deny that time after time after time, but if you look at the cranes up in stanford, you'll understand things are being built. if you see the cranes in new haven, you'll understand that a company that left years ago is coming back and bioscience is growing rapidly not only in new haven, but in farmington. if you visit new london, you'll understand we're making massive new investments in that community as well alongside of the taxpayers. if...
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two words uttered by the senator of connecticut, i object. last time he went on a discourse about how this wasn't the full legislative process that we hadn't negotiated with him and goodness that must be comfort to the parents thatha are scared at home thatd we sat there in a negotiation. every year this body passes bil. after bill by unanimous consent. every senator here knows how to do that. it's only and not real because the democrats are objecting because they are not blocking it. but toe say it's not passing because i'm objecting is like the arsonist complaining that there's a fire. >> i ask you in all seriousness, mr. president, how do you explain to a parent back home. how do you explain there's something wrong with you having the ability to spend this money on school safety. i don't know how to articulate that. therefore i ask unanimous consent of the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of s1081 that is at the desk and that the bill be ready third time and past and the motion to reconsider be made and laid upon the table. th
two words uttered by the senator of connecticut, i object. last time he went on a discourse about how this wasn't the full legislative process that we hadn't negotiated with him and goodness that must be comfort to the parents thatha are scared at home thatd we sat there in a negotiation. every year this body passes bil. after bill by unanimous consent. every senator here knows how to do that. it's only and not real because the democrats are objecting because they are not blocking it. but toe...
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these are connecticut values. these are connecticut values. [applause] all right everybody together lets show how much we can get them by working together and demonstrating how our differences is what brings us together and not tears us apart. i write so four years ago the elephant in the room was quote a permanent fiscal crisis. remember that collects i got a little riled up and i said let'r fix that budget once and for all. my first year we didn't permanently fix fix it. we made a significant first step towards fixing it. we delivered a balanced budget without relying and taxes which have become the historic norm. just as we were beginning to feel that momentumum covid hit d it hit our region hard. i love john lennon and i love singing imagine. he alsoo said life is what happened while you are busy making other plans. life is what happens when you are busy makingg other plans and nobody had planned for covid. i know what i did and that he reached out to people who did. we reached out to the hospitals for at a ph.d. mail just faith leaders as
these are connecticut values. these are connecticut values. [applause] all right everybody together lets show how much we can get them by working together and demonstrating how our differences is what brings us together and not tears us apart. i write so four years ago the elephant in the room was quote a permanent fiscal crisis. remember that collects i got a little riled up and i said let'r fix that budget once and for all. my first year we didn't permanently fix fix it. we made a significant...
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the senator from connecticut. mr. murphy: mr. president, because america national security is gravely compromised by the inability of a president to have his national security team in place at a time of crisis, i would ask that it be in order to make the same request with respect to executive calendar number 328, an witkowsky. mr. cruz: mr. president, reserving the right to object, just a few moments ago the senator from connecticut said something bad is going to happen. he's right. something bad is going to happen, and there's a reason for it. the biden foreign policy in just seven months has been the most disastrous foreign policy we have seen of any administration since jimmy carter. to every enemy of america, they have projected weakness. on russia, joe biden has given vladimir putin what he wanted most, a multibillion dollar pipeline to let him extort europe. on china, the biden administration has been projecting weakness over and over and over again, including kowtowing to china and reversing the state department policy on
the senator from connecticut. mr. murphy: mr. president, because america national security is gravely compromised by the inability of a president to have his national security team in place at a time of crisis, i would ask that it be in order to make the same request with respect to executive calendar number 328, an witkowsky. mr. cruz: mr. president, reserving the right to object, just a few moments ago the senator from connecticut said something bad is going to happen. he's right. something...
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we know that in connecticut. that's 70% of jobs are going to require some degree beyond a high school diploma by 2025. that's that's a lot of jobs that we're not currently prepared to fill it means we need 300,000 more college graduates over the next few years. so in order to get more students to enroll and at their local campus and to get that degree we decided to tear down the barrier of affordability and in the short term, it's going to change a lot of lives for young people because they're going to be able to get that degree and get a higher paying job and become a connecticut taxpayer. and by the way if they go to community college, they're more likely to stick around in connecticut. so those are short-term wins but in the long term the advanced manufacturing company that's in my district that struggles to fill job openings because they can't find a young diverse tech-savvy workforce in connecticut. we're now going to be churning out more graduates who are going to fill those jobs and that's a long-term win
we know that in connecticut. that's 70% of jobs are going to require some degree beyond a high school diploma by 2025. that's that's a lot of jobs that we're not currently prepared to fill it means we need 300,000 more college graduates over the next few years. so in order to get more students to enroll and at their local campus and to get that degree we decided to tear down the barrier of affordability and in the short term, it's going to change a lot of lives for young people because they're...
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yielding for another question, in connecticut, this is pretty noncontroversial in connecticut. other things are controversial but this is not controversial and you have told me that it is not controversial and west virginia either you lay it out as to what it really is. >> when you take time, whether it be if i can ask my friends from connecticut another question, when you take time to go home, you explain it. they understand it, they read it and if anything we are protecting them more to do the thing they do every day the way they were trained and they believe we are but start saying did you -- if you do that then they will expand it further and take more of our rights away. this is a constitutional amendment. it can't be by executive order. it has to have the action of congress so don't worry about someone expanding it or some office saying we are going to expand the rule or the interpretation of it or the executive, the governor will have an executive ruling that takes more of my rights away. you can't do that with a constitutional amendment. we have to do what we are doing
yielding for another question, in connecticut, this is pretty noncontroversial in connecticut. other things are controversial but this is not controversial and you have told me that it is not controversial and west virginia either you lay it out as to what it really is. >> when you take time, whether it be if i can ask my friends from connecticut another question, when you take time to go home, you explain it. they understand it, they read it and if anything we are protecting them more to...
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to be in connecticut. they came in under duress. they came to connecticut as refugees. they want to be back in puerto rico. and the stress that it's putting on our schools is serious. we're in a budget crisis in connecticut. schools have already been, had their funding cut from hartford. and yet these schools are now having to staff up to deal with this influx of students from puerto rico. we're glad to do it. we see it as our obligation and we know these kids will be part of connecticut's strength. but it's not easy to do when we haven't authorized any money to help states like connecticut deal with this influx of students. at macdonough middle school in hartford these kids are thriving but they had to set up a new immersion lab to handle these kids coming in. they had to hire new staff to teach english as a second language. and these are schools that are ready, we're seeing their funding hemorrhage from the state government. the impact is real on macdonough middle school. the impact is real on tara and h
to be in connecticut. they came in under duress. they came to connecticut as refugees. they want to be back in puerto rico. and the stress that it's putting on our schools is serious. we're in a budget crisis in connecticut. schools have already been, had their funding cut from hartford. and yet these schools are now having to staff up to deal with this influx of students from puerto rico. we're glad to do it. we see it as our obligation and we know these kids will be part of connecticut's...
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he is a college student at southern connecticut state university. i had the privilege of meeting him in december. his story has stuck with me. his story haunts me when i think of the moral imperative of this nation to pass the dream act. jonathan was born in mexico. he came to this country when he was just 4 years old. the united states is home for him. it's the only country he has ever known. and he received a full scholarship to attend southern connecticut state university and he's set to graduate this spring with a degree. in fact, an honors degree in economics and math. his dream is to attend law school, but due to the uncertainty surrounding daca, he has decided to delay applying knowing that he will be unable to receive scholarships without his daca status. he could attend but he can't pay for it with scholarships unless he has that daca status. jonathan first became compelled to speak up and tell his story after his father was deported. and they were unable to even say goodbye. despite his own struggles, jonathan is a passionate advocate for
he is a college student at southern connecticut state university. i had the privilege of meeting him in december. his story has stuck with me. his story haunts me when i think of the moral imperative of this nation to pass the dream act. jonathan was born in mexico. he came to this country when he was just 4 years old. the united states is home for him. it's the only country he has ever known. and he received a full scholarship to attend southern connecticut state university and he's set to...
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visited the shoreline of stan form, as did i up and down the coast of connecticut to see how connecticut is learning its lesson to reduce dollar costs as well as human costs. these improvements taking place across connecticut speak volumes to our strength of will and mind and the determined carks of ourf the people in connecticut, and i express appreciation to colleagues like senators from schumer and whitehouse and others in this body who help news a time of need, came forth to provide encouragement and support and to assure that the people of connecticut are not alone. no one in the united states struck by natural disaster, whether it is in the presiding officer's state of west virginia or in the western-most part of hawaii, should be alone in times of natural disaster. that is what we do together. we come together. we rally together. and i thank the president, and i yield the floor. mr. whitehouse: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: before i join the colloquy, let me do two bits of housekeeping. i have been asked to ask unanimous conse
visited the shoreline of stan form, as did i up and down the coast of connecticut to see how connecticut is learning its lesson to reduce dollar costs as well as human costs. these improvements taking place across connecticut speak volumes to our strength of will and mind and the determined carks of ourf the people in connecticut, and i express appreciation to colleagues like senators from schumer and whitehouse and others in this body who help news a time of need, came forth to provide...
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we share a border with connecticut as well as a proud fishing heritage and connection to the sea. whether you're walking the docs of new london or newport and.judith the story from our fisherman is the same. these are not the waters that our grandparents and parents and great-grandparents fish. one fishermen told me sheldon, it is getting weird out there. it's a big economic boats getting weird out there. in 2017 commercial fishery landings from connecticut and rolled islands went over -- and that's just the landing. carbon solution and warming oceans but that whole economy at risk. earlier this month the national academy of science estimated around 17% of all ocean life by biomass will disappear. in february the journal science found that since 1930 we have already lost around 4% of seafood is getting smaller due to warming temperatures and depleted oxygen levels. at 2017 study warns the body size of fish decreases 20 - 30% for every 1 degree celsius increase in water temperature. and the water is warming. oceans have absorbed more than 90% of the excess heat trapped by greenhous
we share a border with connecticut as well as a proud fishing heritage and connection to the sea. whether you're walking the docs of new london or newport and.judith the story from our fisherman is the same. these are not the waters that our grandparents and parents and great-grandparents fish. one fishermen told me sheldon, it is getting weird out there. it's a big economic boats getting weird out there. in 2017 commercial fishery landings from connecticut and rolled islands went over -- and...
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they are coming after our laws in connecticut. they are coming after women in connecticut and men who believe in the rights of women. it's a matter of constitutional and personal freedom to make these decisions. protect the rights of womenab seeking to make their own personal decisions about their reproductive health and consultation with medical wproviders. i will fight tooth and nail this effort and any other effort to seeks to control, criminalize dehumanizing women, making this on the healthcare providers compassionately giving them care. the american people are in our corner. the american people whatever they may think about abortion and their own lives for their own family, for their daughters, wives, others they support the rights of those women to control their own health care decisions. it is an intensely personal decision when it has to be made. sometimes the threat of life. something going horribly wrong in a pregnancy is the reason for it. i will continue to fight for all in connecticut who believe in this fundamental
they are coming after our laws in connecticut. they are coming after women in connecticut and men who believe in the rights of women. it's a matter of constitutional and personal freedom to make these decisions. protect the rights of womenab seeking to make their own personal decisions about their reproductive health and consultation with medical wproviders. i will fight tooth and nail this effort and any other effort to seeks to control, criminalize dehumanizing women, making this on the...
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the regional cooperation that connecticut has helped to lead in the connecticut energy finance and investment authority, the rggi program that kind of initiative is in microcosm what america can do for the world. and so the question posed by the senator from rhode island, who has helped to lead this debate today, i think goes to the heart of what we are as americans as leaders in the world in providing the world an example of energy saving, respect for our planet addressing the problem that exists for us now denying the deniers their sway in this debate. i've heard from others on the floor here about how it's all a product of our imagination. but as ronald reagan said, the facts are a stubborn thing. and the facts show, regrettably and tragically, that climate disruption is destructive inplacable relentless. and only we can stop it. thank you mr. president. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: thank you very much, mr. president. i rise this morning to join my colleagues in calling for action to address climate change. thi
the regional cooperation that connecticut has helped to lead in the connecticut energy finance and investment authority, the rggi program that kind of initiative is in microcosm what america can do for the world. and so the question posed by the senator from rhode island, who has helped to lead this debate today, i think goes to the heart of what we are as americans as leaders in the world in providing the world an example of energy saving, respect for our planet addressing the problem that...
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there is a lot of differences between connecticut -- connecticut and west virginia. but, you know, i have found that gun owners aren't that different in the sense that they're serious about their guns. they're serious about being a collector. they're serious about having the right to protect themselves. they're serious about the right to be able to hunt. but they also recognize that it's a -- it's a responsibility, and you can lose that responsibility if you have committed crimes. so almost every single gun owner that i talked to said yes, absolutely criminals should be able to buy guns. and every gun owner in connecticut says to me -- that i ask this question to what? terrorists, people on the watch lists are allowed to buy guns? so i think as different as our states are, i think gun owners are largely the same in that they come to this issue with the sentiment of i don't want the government taking away my ability to own a firearm, and i want a diversity of products available to me. i want to make sure that i'm able to collect or i'm able to be able to hunt, but i a
there is a lot of differences between connecticut -- connecticut and west virginia. but, you know, i have found that gun owners aren't that different in the sense that they're serious about their guns. they're serious about being a collector. they're serious about having the right to protect themselves. they're serious about the right to be able to hunt. but they also recognize that it's a -- it's a responsibility, and you can lose that responsibility if you have committed crimes. so almost...
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, connecticut, absolutely ravages tens of thousands of people in connecticut. if you know anybody with lime disease, you know how insidious a disease it is because it often initially presents with symptoms that are a little bit hard to detect, that mask maybe as other illnesses. and it is still sometimes very troublesome and tricky to treat. often antibiotic treatments will zap lime disease within the first couple days or months, but there are people across the state of connecticut what we refer to as chronic lime disease, that don't respond to antibiotic treatment. and it's life changing. it really is life changing. and it forces many people to be bedridden, out of the work force, living fundamentally different lives than they had planned. and with warmer and wetter conditions in connecticut, our epidemiologists and our disease scientists tell us that we are going to see an increase in the deer tick. we are going to see, as we have already, an increase in diagnoses for lyme disease. and the mosquito-born diseases such as encephalitis virus along with nile viru
, connecticut, absolutely ravages tens of thousands of people in connecticut. if you know anybody with lime disease, you know how insidious a disease it is because it often initially presents with symptoms that are a little bit hard to detect, that mask maybe as other illnesses. and it is still sometimes very troublesome and tricky to treat. often antibiotic treatments will zap lime disease within the first couple days or months, but there are people across the state of connecticut what we...
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there was an event in the state of connecticut. so the condition has changed considerably in terms of the policy. there now women ceos and men's prisons and vice versa. there's a lot more diversity among separated emmys this kind of issues, there were so start back in the 80s, can't exist anymore because now the relationship just among the guys wearing blue regardless of what color the generous because they see themselves as sort of one side and offenders on the other. so there's a different dynamic now. la said think in connecticut. as not to say a failed system. i worked quite a bit there has been a lot of time in prison. what i have come away with is that everyone experienced was a prisons work hard and is different. as far as percentagewise, the people who actually make the decisions, on the books, i appreciate the diversity that you're saying but who actually make the decisions on which books will be allowed in and so forth and so on. he went i can't speak to the ethnic to city of the panelists who swing books. i would think w
there was an event in the state of connecticut. so the condition has changed considerably in terms of the policy. there now women ceos and men's prisons and vice versa. there's a lot more diversity among separated emmys this kind of issues, there were so start back in the 80s, can't exist anymore because now the relationship just among the guys wearing blue regardless of what color the generous because they see themselves as sort of one side and offenders on the other. so there's a different...
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in connecticut this morning it's no. at six or 11 snow would still be a wonderful thing never to be taken for granted by any child in this holiday. all of the wonder and beauty of this holiday never to be taken for granted by six your old world an 11-year-old. the possibilities and opportunities, the dreams and hopes shattered on that day, lost forever. i was at the calling hours for one of the children killed it sandy hook. a gutwrenching moment, everyone of them. i spoke to the mother of one of those children. i told her that when she was ready said when you are ready we should do something about gun violence and she said without hesitation i am ready now. i am ready now. america should be ready. america is ready. this body should follow america's lead. honor with action. if nothing else is remembered of that day five years ago, let us honor with action so strong and courageous families who have suffered this unspeakable horror and still unimaginable grief and who have come here in years past to ask us to honor with ac
in connecticut this morning it's no. at six or 11 snow would still be a wonderful thing never to be taken for granted by any child in this holiday. all of the wonder and beauty of this holiday never to be taken for granted by six your old world an 11-year-old. the possibilities and opportunities, the dreams and hopes shattered on that day, lost forever. i was at the calling hours for one of the children killed it sandy hook. a gutwrenching moment, everyone of them. i spoke to the mother of one...
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the school system in danbury, connecticut wrote to the congressional delegation in connecticut asking for help. according to a newspaper story from danbury, he wrote unless there is a reasonable modification to the affordable care act, the president's health care law, there will be a tremendous drain on our limited resources. so when i see the senator from connecticut have a sign that says the health care law works, i would say not for many, many people, and it is harming people, including students in our schools. the law is a drain on resources of schools, towns, counties across the country; very costly side effect of the health care law at a local level. i hear the same from my constituents in wyoming who are seeing similar decisions having to be made, tough choices. and i know the senator from connecticut is hearing it from his constituents like the superintendent of schools in danbury. mr. president, middle-class families are getting smaller paychecks because of the law. school districts are getting stretched thin by the health care law. families are having to pay higher premiums
the school system in danbury, connecticut wrote to the congressional delegation in connecticut asking for help. according to a newspaper story from danbury, he wrote unless there is a reasonable modification to the affordable care act, the president's health care law, there will be a tremendous drain on our limited resources. so when i see the senator from connecticut have a sign that says the health care law works, i would say not for many, many people, and it is harming people, including...
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folks in connecticut, they don't think the affordable care act is perfect. they want us to work on making it better. but they don't want us to end it without a plan for what's going to come next. they were glad when the repeal plan was defeated last year. but now they're worried that president trump is trying to use the courts to get done what he couldn't get done in the people's branch of government, the legislative branch. brett kavanaugh was vetted by two conservative political groups whose chief legislative priority is repealing the affordable care act come hell or high water. the head of one of those groups said on television that it really didn't matter to him which of the names on the list trump picked because they all shared their group's priorities. and trump himself told the american public that he would never pick a judge like john roberts who voted to uphold the major parts of the affordable care act. kavanaugh, in his judicial writing, he's been hostile to the affordable care act. frankly, i'll just take the president's word for it. he picked br
folks in connecticut, they don't think the affordable care act is perfect. they want us to work on making it better. but they don't want us to end it without a plan for what's going to come next. they were glad when the repeal plan was defeated last year. but now they're worried that president trump is trying to use the courts to get done what he couldn't get done in the people's branch of government, the legislative branch. brett kavanaugh was vetted by two conservative political groups whose...
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and so i thank the senator from connecticut, the senator from new jersey, the senator from connecticut's colleague senator blumenthal, and for all the members who have participated in this debate, discussion, filibuster. this is the issue. this is the time. this is the place. we are the people who have to resolve this issue. people will look back and they will ask did we try? did we really try to put a ban on the purchase of these weapons by these terror target list people in our own country? that's going to be the test for us. we can't fight the battles over in aleppo. we can't fight the battles over in fallujah but we can fight the battle on the streets of america. we know what has to be done. this body has to have the courage to say to the n.r.a., no, it's too much. our country is bleeding. families are hurting. we don't want to see it happen again. this is going to be the challenge of this week and next week and every week until we have these votes and until we close these loopholes. i thank the gentleman again from connecticut for conducting this very important discussion, and i yie
and so i thank the senator from connecticut, the senator from new jersey, the senator from connecticut's colleague senator blumenthal, and for all the members who have participated in this debate, discussion, filibuster. this is the issue. this is the time. this is the place. we are the people who have to resolve this issue. people will look back and they will ask did we try? did we really try to put a ban on the purchase of these weapons by these terror target list people in our own country?...
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and in my own state of connecticut, we stand to lose $300 million in economic benefits. per year. now is the time to abandon this myth that the dreamers work on the sidelines of american society. they are part of the fabric in this nation their lives are woven into great tapestry of america. they drive the economy. they get back to our community and the administration has thrown a ticking time bomb into their lives. but it is also a ticking time bomb in this chamber. we have the power to defuse it. and giving so we can give hope to hundreds of thousands of members of our society. and reaffirm the greatness of our country. at stake is nothing less than the character of our country. and that is why there is such bipartisan support for a dream act evident yesterday, in the cabinet room when the president met with members of congress on both sides of the aisle. in the dreamers we see ourselves. we see relatives who came to this country. years ago. many of them as teenagers. my father. who fled germany at 17 years old with nothing more than the shirt on his back. speaking of english. k
and in my own state of connecticut, we stand to lose $300 million in economic benefits. per year. now is the time to abandon this myth that the dreamers work on the sidelines of american society. they are part of the fabric in this nation their lives are woven into great tapestry of america. they drive the economy. they get back to our community and the administration has thrown a ticking time bomb into their lives. but it is also a ticking time bomb in this chamber. we have the power to defuse...
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tsa the reality in connecticut. -- that's the reality in connecticut. we have high highs and very low lows, and in cases they are in adjoining zip codes, so we needed to do something about that. we thesed to hold ourselves as governmental entities accountable for what we were doing on a state level, on a local jurisdictional level both on, by the leaders, the political leaders of noneducation government as well as by the leaders of the education government as it exists in the state of connecticut. and into that we have moved rather rapidly. i have to also say at the outset that i'm envious of teachers. their ability to impact on an intergenerational basis the young people and the families that those young people ultimately will raise is this unbelievable gift that many have accepted as their calling. and although we may not, none of us are perfect, the reality is the state of connecticut is filled with teachers who are working very, very hard to get it right. and in point of fact, are demonstrating a willingness to change methods of pretty regularly --
tsa the reality in connecticut. -- that's the reality in connecticut. we have high highs and very low lows, and in cases they are in adjoining zip codes, so we needed to do something about that. we thesed to hold ourselves as governmental entities accountable for what we were doing on a state level, on a local jurisdictional level both on, by the leaders, the political leaders of noneducation government as well as by the leaders of the education government as it exists in the state of...
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they settled in new haven connecticut came back to connecticut. and for a year or so she continued to work with the refugee agency, but it's headquarters were up in new york and she got tired of the commute. so she quit. and what looking for other work, but she had a kind of particular skill set as an administrator that wasn't an enormous demand for a woman in new haven connecticut in 19 nearly 1950. so it took her about a year or two to get a job finally in 1953. she got a job that she thought would be interesting. she was hired as the executive director of the connecticut branch of planned parenthood. the nation's leading advocate for birth control. now she said afterwards. no idea about birth control. when she took this job. she didn't know where to diaphragm was. she thought that work could be interesting and she hadn't been the strait of skills. the work turned out to be very very interesting. in the late 19th century any number of states had passed laws. trying to prohibit in one way or another birth control. and connecticut was one of two s
they settled in new haven connecticut came back to connecticut. and for a year or so she continued to work with the refugee agency, but it's headquarters were up in new york and she got tired of the commute. so she quit. and what looking for other work, but she had a kind of particular skill set as an administrator that wasn't an enormous demand for a woman in new haven connecticut in 19 nearly 1950. so it took her about a year or two to get a job finally in 1953. she got a job that she thought...
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and so this is the moment of his release from connecticut prison in 2008. return, chapter seven. the nightmare was over. 6:00 on a late spring morning in 2008. he left his prison cell for the final time as he walked down the corridor to the front gate of the prison guards were cordial. they didn't say what they heard him say many times to the departing prisoners, see you later or we will keep the lights on for you to. they simply said with what appeared to be sincerity, good luck. before he left the compound they put him in arm shackles them last time. he was transferred to the custody of the department parole officer who was going to drive him to new haven. when he exited the prison doors the first thing he saw was the maple tree 20 feet away. its leaves were fresh and clean and the sun and the grass below was saturated with heavy dew. as he stepped forward tentatively onto the ground outside of the prison for the first time in decades, he hadn't quite fathom what was actually happening. by this time for me to an incarcerated more his life. his jungle boy'
and so this is the moment of his release from connecticut prison in 2008. return, chapter seven. the nightmare was over. 6:00 on a late spring morning in 2008. he left his prison cell for the final time as he walked down the corridor to the front gate of the prison guards were cordial. they didn't say what they heard him say many times to the departing prisoners, see you later or we will keep the lights on for you to. they simply said with what appeared to be sincerity, good luck. before he...
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from connecticut has been a leader in this effort. senator feinstein's proposal, of course, is designed to prevent those on the watch list from buying a gun. numbers have been thrown around repeatedly about the number of people this would actually impact. and i know that the general accounting office has looked into this and can you tell me how many people on this watch list have been able to buy a gun? mr. murphy: thank you, senator wyden for the question. it's a really important one because the number is -- in certain ways it's shocking for how high it is and how low it is at the same time. let's take 2015. in 2015 there were 244 individuals who are on the terrorist watch list who attempted to buy weapons. 223 of those were successful in buying the weapon so in 90% of the occasions that someone on the watch list attempted to buy a weapon, they walked out of that store with the weapon. it gives you, a, the sense of the copy of this. there is only 224 people over the course of the whole year that were on the terrorist watch list that
from connecticut has been a leader in this effort. senator feinstein's proposal, of course, is designed to prevent those on the watch list from buying a gun. numbers have been thrown around repeatedly about the number of people this would actually impact. and i know that the general accounting office has looked into this and can you tell me how many people on this watch list have been able to buy a gun? mr. murphy: thank you, senator wyden for the question. it's a really important one because...
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connecticut has always -- the beaches. >> the connecticut teaches robbers opened. >> is there a way that the state can give guidance to local governments and how they can keep businesses in check and also there is a web site that the state has where you can submit complaints against it businesses that are not complying with health standards. >> first of all the local governments have the guidelines on compliance and the business owners and any business that opens today and the reason they can open they sign a compliance agreement and that compliance agreement is kept on the premises. if there is a violation it should be enforced by the local government. they have that this is owner who agree to operate under the following conditions and they therefore violated that agreement and they can be closed on that basis. to the extent we get any complaints we forward them to the local government. rob robbed you want to add anything? >> governments have been enforcing this since the beginning of the pause orders and they'll continue to enforce under those same guidelines. now they have the gu
connecticut has always -- the beaches. >> the connecticut teaches robbers opened. >> is there a way that the state can give guidance to local governments and how they can keep businesses in check and also there is a web site that the state has where you can submit complaints against it businesses that are not complying with health standards. >> first of all the local governments have the guidelines on compliance and the business owners and any business that opens today and the...
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in connecticut, that means 42,938 connecticut working -- i'm sorry. 33,600 connecticut individuals will lose unemployment benefits under the emergency unemployment compensation program. i met with a group of these folks recently and i know there are some -- a lot of these people are white-collar people who -- and some of them are middle or in their middle years of life, lost their jobs in companies that were hit by the recession. they're having an impossible time finding new employment. and believe me, they are working so hard to try to -- to try to get it. 33,600 of them would be set adrift without unemployment benefits if we go over the fiscal cliff. one estimate by the national economic council is that there would be $2.5 billion less in consumer spending in connecticut and that's basically because tax hikes will take a bite out of middle-class budgets and, frankly, some people will lose their jobs. i'm afraid will lose their jobs in many industries, including the defense industry, which remains a foundation, as the occupant of the chair knows, of our state's economy. the n.e.c. also
in connecticut, that means 42,938 connecticut working -- i'm sorry. 33,600 connecticut individuals will lose unemployment benefits under the emergency unemployment compensation program. i met with a group of these folks recently and i know there are some -- a lot of these people are white-collar people who -- and some of them are middle or in their middle years of life, lost their jobs in companies that were hit by the recession. they're having an impossible time finding new employment. and...
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>> pitcher from connecticut. >> odd thank the chair. for 22 years it has been a hav blessing for me toe have served m states senate as my colleague from connecticut, has my dear friend, legislative partner. anybody in this chamber will. and i think when we listen to mn the words he spoke to just a few moments ago and hall full of wisdom they were, we know howwew much we are going to miss him md how much we should consider what has made him not only our n goodd friend, but a truly great senator. chris mentioned sherman and ellsworth, whose pictures are up out i in the reception area just offre yhe senate, who crafted the real senate compromise creating the senate.s i think chris dodd, who is the 54th senator from the state of connecticut and our history to this institution, that sherman e and ellsworth created in the connecticut compromise and made it work to the great benefit of the people of connecticut and ople o the people of america. chris dodd was born to a legacy, an honorable legacy of public service, which he watched as so many
>> pitcher from connecticut. >> odd thank the chair. for 22 years it has been a hav blessing for me toe have served m states senate as my colleague from connecticut, has my dear friend, legislative partner. anybody in this chamber will. and i think when we listen to mn the words he spoke to just a few moments ago and hall full of wisdom they were, we know howwew much we are going to miss him md how much we should consider what has made him not only our n goodd friend, but a truly...
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as always let me think the connecticut connecticut brave men and women who serve carnation and its armed services. thank you also as i said to the best lieutenant governor in the united states, nancy wyman. thank you, nancy. [applause] >> finally, thank you to my wife at the end my three below is, thank you for your love and support. four years ago i joined you in this chamber for the first time as governor. i spoke about how connecticut has always been a leader. how for generations we shake and changed our nation and the world. connecticut and drafted north america's first constitution. we founded the nation's first insurance company. our inventions gave the world many things including the can opener the bicycle and the artificial heart. connecticut has always been a birthplace of innovation and over the past four years we have continued to lead and lead nationally on the biggest issues of our time. we increased the minimum wage, the first in the nation to commit to $10.10 per hour. [applause] >> we passed paid sick leave, first in the nation to do that as well. [applause] >> working wi
as always let me think the connecticut connecticut brave men and women who serve carnation and its armed services. thank you also as i said to the best lieutenant governor in the united states, nancy wyman. thank you, nancy. [applause] >> finally, thank you to my wife at the end my three below is, thank you for your love and support. four years ago i joined you in this chamber for the first time as governor. i spoke about how connecticut has always been a leader. how for generations we...
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rain and snow spoke fell in alternating currents in connecticut. earlier that day a young woman named mary smith who is not related had served pancakes with arsenic. immediately annabelle felt violently ill and died the next day. it appeared to be foul play. who is remanded to the county jail to await trial for murder. indicted on the same day, hello accomplish was none other than john smith the head father of their four children. surviving court records there are clues to the motive that led john smith to conspire with mary smith to murder his wife. bacchus the prominent leader of the baptist movement provided additional details he published nearly two decades later. the facts of this sordid affair john smith was a member of paine's separate congregational church in canterbury. after a while he declared it was revealed to him by god that mary smith was to be his wife. his question upon it said the wife you did not have but divine providence would take her out of the way. this appeared so dark the church called him to counsel and the pastor meets w
rain and snow spoke fell in alternating currents in connecticut. earlier that day a young woman named mary smith who is not related had served pancakes with arsenic. immediately annabelle felt violently ill and died the next day. it appeared to be foul play. who is remanded to the county jail to await trial for murder. indicted on the same day, hello accomplish was none other than john smith the head father of their four children. surviving court records there are clues to the motive that led...
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in connecticut this morning, it snowed.. at six or 11, it would still be a wonderful thing never to be taken for granted by any child. and this holiday all of the wonder and beauty never to be taken for granted by a six-year-old or 11-year-old. the possibilities and opportunities, the dreams and hopes shattered on the today lost forever. i was at the calling hours for one of the children killed at sandy hook. a gutwrenching moment every one of them and i spoke to the mother of one of the children and i told her that when she was ready we showed do something aboute, gun violence and she sad without hesitation with a cracked voice i'm ready now. america should be ready. this body should follow america's lead. honor with action. if nothing else is remembered of that day five years ago, let us honor the those strong and courageous families that suffered this unspeakable harm. to honor with action the victims and survivors and loved ones of sandy hook and all violent horrors in this country. thank you, mr. president. i yield the
in connecticut this morning, it snowed.. at six or 11, it would still be a wonderful thing never to be taken for granted by any child. and this holiday all of the wonder and beauty never to be taken for granted by a six-year-old or 11-year-old. the possibilities and opportunities, the dreams and hopes shattered on the today lost forever. i was at the calling hours for one of the children killed at sandy hook. a gutwrenching moment every one of them and i spoke to the mother of one of the...
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connecticut. "i am a constituent of yours, and i became a victim of gun violence when my 7-year-old cousin, daniel bardon, was murdered at sandy hook elementary school in 2012. i am no longer -- quote -- "saddened" -- end quote -- by mass shootings. i am instead angry and frustrated by the inaction of this thaition leaders to implement obvious and basic safeguards to gun ownership such as universal background checks. c.d.c. research into gun violence, limiting magazine capacity, restriction of gun ownership to domestic abusers and people on terrorist watch lists, to name a few. one of the most infuriating aspects of the continued mass shootings in this country is that they are so eminently preventable. we can't do much about earthquakes or hurricanes, but it is pretty simple to just not sell military-grade weapons to civilians or just not sell ar-15's to domestic abusers who have been investigated by the f.b.i. for terrorist connections and threats. i am furious and feel powerless. i beg you to st
connecticut. "i am a constituent of yours, and i became a victim of gun violence when my 7-year-old cousin, daniel bardon, was murdered at sandy hook elementary school in 2012. i am no longer -- quote -- "saddened" -- end quote -- by mass shootings. i am instead angry and frustrated by the inaction of this thaition leaders to implement obvious and basic safeguards to gun ownership such as universal background checks. c.d.c. research into gun violence, limiting magazine capacity,...
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in the state of connecticut. but what we found is those models weren't being replicated in the other schools. that very same strict. you have to get at that. we don't as many money or costs more money. or can't do it. there's some reason to argue it's not a model that work system wide. i tend to believe we know it works. we know the longer school days work. that's why connecticut is in partnership with the ford foundation on extending hours of operation. we have three school districts that are actively engaged in adding 300 hours to the curriculum every year by extending day. i visited two of the schools in the american district great success. numbers rising much more rapidly than anywhere else -- by and large. in colorado, of course, a month ago. billion dollar proposed living lead -- gotten through the legislature. it went down the two to one as remp dumb. curious as you think it speaks to public appetite for additional dollars for education at this point, is that kind of any relevant? did you think about it in
in the state of connecticut. but what we found is those models weren't being replicated in the other schools. that very same strict. you have to get at that. we don't as many money or costs more money. or can't do it. there's some reason to argue it's not a model that work system wide. i tend to believe we know it works. we know the longer school days work. that's why connecticut is in partnership with the ford foundation on extending hours of operation. we have three school districts that are...
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my colleague from connecticut just said it's working. if it's working, why are the minnesota schools losing $200 million because of the health care law? well, the article dateline st. paul state representative paul torkelsonned says the wasteful spending on obamacare that has left taxpayers outraged will soon be making an impact on minnesota schools. significant impact on minnesota schools. according to documents released by minnesota's management and budget office, over the next three years the total unfunded costs associated with the affordable care act compliance will cost school districts statewide at least $207 million. it's troubling news for our schools, the state representative said. this is $200 million that school districts won't be able to use to hire more teachers or improve their educational programs. this is an unneeded expense that does absolutely nothing for our students. the senator concludes by saying it's pretty sad, pretty sad when schools are poured to prioritize obamacare compliance over the education of our childre
my colleague from connecticut just said it's working. if it's working, why are the minnesota schools losing $200 million because of the health care law? well, the article dateline st. paul state representative paul torkelsonned says the wasteful spending on obamacare that has left taxpayers outraged will soon be making an impact on minnesota schools. significant impact on minnesota schools. according to documents released by minnesota's management and budget office, over the next three years...
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in connecticut's exchange. we have the ability to review those rates in connecticut. we did that and the insurance commission in our state just two days ago came back and reduced that rate increase from 12% to 1%. blue cross/blue shield is not going to stop offering insurance on the connecticut exchange, they are just going to do it with a rate increase that is commensurate with the actual increase in cost of care to anthem rather than a number that is not based on actual data. so in a state like connecticut where we've seen twice as many people enroll as we originally estimated where we've seen medicaid expansion provide access to insurance for thousands monday thousands of connecticut residents who have insurance in a way that people in florida do not because of their lack of medicaid expansion, we also have taken steps to protect consumers from premium increases. so for colleagues who are going to complain about high premium increases, you have to acknowledge that there are steps that your state could have taken to make it better. for colleagues who talk about the
in connecticut's exchange. we have the ability to review those rates in connecticut. we did that and the insurance commission in our state just two days ago came back and reduced that rate increase from 12% to 1%. blue cross/blue shield is not going to stop offering insurance on the connecticut exchange, they are just going to do it with a rate increase that is commensurate with the actual increase in cost of care to anthem rather than a number that is not based on actual data. so in a state...
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in hartford, connecticut, houses. first in the middle of the civil war, she built her dream house, her glamorous mansion. and they built the house and moved in in 1863 and lived there for about eight years and then discovered over those years that it was too expensive to maintain. so the downsized into this more modest but still spacious hartford home wild and out the rest of their lives. so stowe moved into this house in hartford in 1873, and the house had been built on. >> and lived in for a couple of years so she didn't especially build a. she moved into it as she had with most of those she lived in her life. she moved in with her husband taliban whom she married in 1836, and he was about 10 years older and he was a professor and retired. she moved in with her oldest children, twin girls, adult daughter and they were in their 30s. stowe was in her 60s and her husband help and was in his 70s. she was still writing. she was world famous. she had reached that pinnacle of fame in her 40s and now she's in her 60s and sh
in hartford, connecticut, houses. first in the middle of the civil war, she built her dream house, her glamorous mansion. and they built the house and moved in in 1863 and lived there for about eight years and then discovered over those years that it was too expensive to maintain. so the downsized into this more modest but still spacious hartford home wild and out the rest of their lives. so stowe moved into this house in hartford in 1873, and the house had been built on. >> and lived in...
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i think about the state of connecticut. if i was there i would have killed somebody, that is no question in my mind. that how bad summers was and police was. cos wasn't playing fair in there. it was to that. society, like i said, if you wasn't there as parents you can never imagine. >> i have a question for william and charlie. william, you mentioned that, you wanted this book to start a dialogue at colleges, specifically, both william and charlie, what do you want college students and professors to get out of this book? >> student, i want them, i want, to be honest with you, i want white students, privileged white students to get out the biases, take away the biases and your grandmother. the situation we in now, the heat remember is didn't work. if you're young, seeing, reading book, i'm not say disrespect your parents. their theories don't have to do modern day theories. when stuff was tolerated and not okay. i would like young college kids and their professions, lawyers, doctors, whatever, remove your biases, do best of
i think about the state of connecticut. if i was there i would have killed somebody, that is no question in my mind. that how bad summers was and police was. cos wasn't playing fair in there. it was to that. society, like i said, if you wasn't there as parents you can never imagine. >> i have a question for william and charlie. william, you mentioned that, you wanted this book to start a dialogue at colleges, specifically, both william and charlie, what do you want college students and...